What does Kala mean in Hawaiian?
Kala is a Hawaiian girl name that means the sun. The name comes from ka (the) + lā (sun). It is pronounced KAH-lah, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kala belongs with other Hawaiian names about sun and light.
The words inside Kala
lā means sun, day and appears in 6 Hawaiian names, among them Haleakalā, Kalāhiki, Kalākaua, Lā.
Sarah in Hawaiian
Kala is the Hawaiian form of Sarah, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Sarah means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Sarah in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Kala
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kala are a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kala a boy or girl name?
Kala is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kala is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 7,749 U.S. babies named Kala since 1943, but that spelling is also a Hindi and Sanskrit name, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name.
How well recorded is Kala?
Kala has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.